#9caca7

Color #9caca7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.61 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#9caca7

RGB

rgb(156, 172, 167)

HSL

hsl(161.2, 8.8%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(161.2, 9.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.01, -6.57, 0.66)

LCH

lch(69.01, 6.6, 174.26)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0193, 174.94)

HWB

hwb(161.2, 61.2%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac9ca1

Analogous

#9cac9f

#9caca7

#9ca9ac

Triadic

#9caca7

#a79cac

#aca79c

Split-complementary

#9caca7

#ac9ca9

#ac9f9c

Tetradic

#9caca7

#9ca1ac

#ac9ca1

#aca79c

Square

#9caca7

#9f9cac

#ac9ca1

#a9ac9c

Shades

Color #9caca7 mixed toward black.

#7e938d

#647771

#4b5955

#323b38

#191e1c

Tints

Color #9caca7 mixed toward white.

#acbab6

#bdc8c4

#cdd5d3

#dee3e2

#eef1f0

Tones

Color #9caca7 mixed toward gray.

#9daba6

#9fa9a6

#a0a8a5

#a1a7a5

#a3a5a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a3a8 · ΔE 10

Deuteranopia

#a2a1a9 · ΔE 11.6

Tritanopia

#9da9a9 · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9caca7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9caca7]

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Frequently asked questions

#9caca7 (#9caca7) is rgb(156, 172, 167) in RGB.

No, #9caca7 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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